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Matt Drudge Tweets! “Why Would Anyone Vote Republican”?

Posted on 09/03/2013 10:13:59 AM PDT by Bigtigermike

People are tired of the Republican-Democrat alliance

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: drudge; establishment; gop; syria
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To: GeronL

> open borders is wrong

I agree.

> legal drugs is wrong

This culture is saturated in legal drugs. Making a few illegal hasn’t served any purpose other than to escalate the level of violence in the society and shred protection of inalienable rights.

> amnesty is wrong

I agree again!

> perverting kids is wrong

I also agree.

> “Liberty” is not license

Liberty means you don’t need to appeal for permission while exercising your rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

The great majority of libertarian Republicans are also very conservative. What makes us distinct is that we strive for the long view, and in doing so we understand that anything but the most restrained and modest government will inevitably grow to become the greatest threat to the security of the people, as is the case today. The other distinct feature of libertarians is that we know what is rightfully our business and keep our noses out of what isn’t.


141 posted on 09/03/2013 12:34:17 PM PDT by thoughtomator 2.0
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To: EBH

I managed to hold my nose for Romney....NEVER AGAIN!


142 posted on 09/03/2013 12:34:31 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Deb
"Clutch your pearls, pull up you skirt and run screaming. Give me a break."

But.. But... I'm a guy!

And you're a riot.

143 posted on 09/03/2013 12:34:50 PM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: dfwgator

Who cares what you “hold”?


144 posted on 09/03/2013 12:41:27 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: listenhillary

I know you’re a guy. And I AM a riot.


145 posted on 09/03/2013 12:42:17 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: listenhillary

Reply #2: FYI Drudge wants to bring down the Republicans because they are solidly against gay marriage. Just so you know what side you’re cheering for.


146 posted on 09/03/2013 12:43:59 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: JimRed

—I’ll buy that when seizing my property in the form of taxes and using it to feed and house those who have drugged (or drunk, or refused to work) themselves into unemployable oblivion is forbidden by law and the law is enforced.—

So one form of the state controlling the individual through negative sanctions is fine, but the other is bad. Or, two wrongs make a right. Gotcha.


147 posted on 09/03/2013 12:45:24 PM PDT by JoeTheGeorgian
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To: Bigtigermike

There’s an apparent catch-22 in third party efforts. You need a large enough mass of voters to overcome the rigged game when it comes to ballot access. But you need ballot access to attract a large enough mass of voters.

We’ve solved that riddle.

For the last five years we’ve been laying the groundwork for what we call a “meta-party,” or, to put it simply, an organization that goes beyond party, to principle, while fully utilizing whatever is still viable or useful from the old way of doing things.

http://www.selfgovernment.us/be-a-leader.html


148 posted on 09/03/2013 12:45:48 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: Deb

FYI Drudge wants to bring down the Republicans because they are solidly against gay marriage.

LOL. You can’t be serious. The beltway GOP and the mega donors are not social conservatives. They have no interest in gay marriage and just want the issue to go away.


149 posted on 09/03/2013 12:50:44 PM PDT by lodi90
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To: Deb

What am I cheering for? Authoritarians?

It does come down to two type of people. People that want government controlling the people and those who detest control by government.

The Republicans haven’t rolled anything back since Regan.

The Democrats tighten the noose, the Republicans hold it in place. The Democrats tighten the noose, the Republicans hold it in place. So on and so on, back and forth.


150 posted on 09/03/2013 1:00:44 PM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: jjsheridan5
But your statement is just silly and uninformed

Every time I see a Libertarian post, they talk about pot.

151 posted on 09/03/2013 1:03:26 PM PDT by Dan(9698)
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To: listenhillary

Just noticed your tagline. I can’t see a legitimate reason for the federal government being involved in “law enforcement” in any big way either...


152 posted on 09/03/2013 1:05:10 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot
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To: SpeakerToAnimals
So Hillary gets your vote?

What point. The Hildabeast will win if she runs because 1)she can give out more handouts than any opposition 2) the low info voter will be swayed by the media 3)via the establishment elites they will determine the pubbie nominee 4) if all else fails you have the voter fraud that it rampant & the pubbies could care less. Unless the (R)s put up a true conservative I won't waist my time to give them any legitimacy.

154 posted on 09/03/2013 1:08:46 PM PDT by Digger
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To: Hugh the Scot

Government doesn’t necessarily refer to the federal government.

City, county and states should be 90% of the government we deal with and get 70 - 80% of all tax revenues collected.


155 posted on 09/03/2013 1:11:26 PM PDT by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: thoughtomator 2.0; GeronL

“The great majority of libertarian Republicans are also very conservative.”

Does supporting traditional conservative economics and foreign policy makes one libertarian? The self-procalimed libertarians that post here seems to think so. But as conservatives point out to them time and time again, the other 1/2 of libertarian ideology (+ the party) embraces some of the most un-conservitive destructive social policies that conservastives believe it is possible to take. Abortion alone makes libertarian ideology anethma to conservatives. Every time a conservative calls this out, libertarians on this site either pretend that the social stuff is invisible (downplay it), scold conservatives that they really don’t understand libertarian ideology, or become “cafeteria Catholics” and tell us how we must pick and choose our issues - thus letting yourself off the ideological hook for the social stuff.

You guys get to call yourself whatever you want, right, but are you really even “libertarian”?


156 posted on 09/03/2013 1:22:29 PM PDT by Owl558 (Those who remember George Santayana are doomed to repeat him)
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To: listenhillary
Blah, blah, blah.

What are you talking about?

Who's an "Authoritarian"?Who wants "government controlling people"? Give me a name. Point to a vote. What "noose"?

If you're going to invoke the name of Reagan its important to remember that no matter who was with him or against him, no matter if he lost a primary or faced opposition HE WAS NEVER A COWARD WHO LEFT OR DENOUNCED HIS PARTY! He only worked to make it stronger.

157 posted on 09/03/2013 1:24:24 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: listenhillary

My mistake. I read “national defense” and proceeded from assumption.


158 posted on 09/03/2013 1:27:22 PM PDT by Hugh the Scot
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To: lodi90
Duh. Of course, "they want it to go away". Are you an idiot?

The Left always uses these social issues to paint the Republicans as haters and intolerant while they convince younger voters it's about "fairness".

Why don't you give us your brilliant ideas on how to fight against the entire popular culture, Democrat media machine and liars. This should be good.

159 posted on 09/03/2013 1:30:39 PM PDT by Deb (If you wanna laugh everyday, follow Deepak Chopra on Twitter)
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To: Dan(9698)
Every time I see a Libertarian post, they talk about pot.

Self-selecting sample. Irrelevant. Clearly, the libertarian philosophy will attract drug users, for obvious reasons. And, being single issue types of people, they are going to be the loudest and most frequent posters. The vast majority of libertarians that I know a) don't talk about politics much; and b) are as likely to use drugs as Tim Tebow.

I have no use for the Libertarian party, in part because they are politically inept. Also, they are inevitably taken over by single issue people, and are completely wrong on foreign policy issues, some social issues, and immigration issues (issues on which their position is not actually libertarian). But this isn't because of libertarianism, because the political party represents libertarianism about as much as McCain represents conservatism (not at all).
160 posted on 09/03/2013 1:32:16 PM PDT by jjsheridan5
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